U.S. now targets $40,000 SUV in cash laundering

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A side view of the front of the home located at 9801 Nrth Ware Road McAllen, Texas Monday Sept.10, 2012. IRS agents are seeking forfeiture of a Texas State professor's house as part of a money laundering probe. They're going after the home of Sindy Chapa, 37, a professor of journalism and mass communication. They're also going after a house in McAllen. The feds' reasoning for seeking the property is in a sealed document, and Chapa's not been charged with a crime, but the case is apparently part of the ongoing investigation into the alleged money laundering activities of Tomas Yarrington, the former governor of Tamaulipas.

A side view of the front of the home located at 9801 Nrth Ware Road McAllen, Texas Monday Sept.10, 2012. IRS agents are seeking forfeiture of a Texas State professor's house as part of a money laundering probe. They're going after the home of Sindy Chapa, 37, a professor of journalism and mass communication. They're also going after a house in McAllen. The feds' reasoning for seeking the property is in a sealed document, and Chapa's not been charged with a crime, but the case is apparently part of the ongoing investigation into the alleged money laundering activities of Tomas Yarrington, the former governor of Tamaulipas.